Blue Monday cheer-up tips are glib argues John McGowan, so what do you say when you’re asked for some? “But I’m quite sure that you’ll tell me, just how I […]
Podcast: What is Home?
On the edge of Brexit the panel discuss the meaning of home. You could fairly say the UK is on the cusp of a huge change. When we recorded this […]
Podcast: The politics of mental health
The panel try to make sense of mental health policy and politics This week Anne, Rachel and John are joined by two special guests to discuss the politics of mental health. What […]
Podcast: Working so that people don’t need us anymore
John McGowan talks to six clinical psychology trainees just about to qualify Every September we say goodbye to a qualifying cohort of our clinical psychology trainees. They’ve been with […]
Podcast: Race and Mental Health
Rachel Terry, Laura Lea, John McGowan and guests discuss two recent high profile publications on the subject of race in mental health Though the effects of race and ethnicity on mental […]
Podcast: Shit happens and it drives us crazy
Anne Cooke, Rachel Terry and John McGowan discuss whether there is a viable alternative to psychiatric diagnosis. The beginning of February saw the launch of an ambitious document aiming to offer a […]
Podcast: Zero Suicide (an idea whose time has not, and should not, come)
This week John McGowan discusses whether trying to eliminate suicide entirely is a possibility or even a helpful aim. This week’s podcast is recording of a public lecture given in […]
Ask us Anything: Podcast Christmas Special
This week we tried something a little different and invited our listeners to ‘ask us anything’. Absolutely anything at all. The topics ranged from our usual territory of mental health […]
Roundtable: What should we do with the Mental Health Act?
Theresa May wants to ‘rip up’ the Mental Health Act and has announced it will be reviewed. John McGowan, Rachel Terry, @THEAGENTAPSLEY and Maria Griffiths discuss how to change it. […]